WWI U-boats
UC 32
| Type | UC II | ||||
| Shipyard | Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 71) | ||||
| Ordered | 29 Aug 1915 | ||||
| Launched | 12 Aug 1916 | ||||
| Commissioned | 13 Sep 1916 | ||||
| Commanders |
| ||||
| Career | 3 patrols | ||||
| |||||
| Successes | 6 ships sunk with a total of 9,083 tons. (View ships hit by UC 32) | ||||
| Fate | 23 Feb 1917 - Blew up on her own mines off Roker Pier LH 54.54.521N 01.19.320W. 22 dead and 3 survivors. | ||||
SM UC 32 lies in position 54 54'.521 N 001 19'.320 W (WGS84) about 0.25-miles E by N from Roker lighthouse at Sunderland and three men were picked up after she blew up. Her Captain Herbert Breyer and two crewmen. She lies in 13m of water, in three broken sections, with her batteries etc strewn all over. Unfortunately local divers lifted her props and periscope about 14-years ago.